The SM drama "Itakute Kimochi Ii Koto," released in April 2022, starred Aya Shiomi and launched simultaneously as both a theatrical film and an AV version. It sold out daily for 15 consecutive days at mini-theaters, drawing especially large numbers of young female audiences. The AV version also became a major hit. Riding on this success, "Shura -Rope Sisters-" arrives as the second installment in the SM drama series. This time, the theatrical version premiered first, beginning screenings at Tokyo mini-theaters in late May and immediately selling out every day. Female viewers made up half the audience, reflecting its intense popularity. Once again, lead actress Aya Shiomi—exclusive Dogma label performer—takes the central role, supported by veteran actress Hana Kano.
"Shura -Rope Sisters-" tells the story of sisters raised in a family where the father is a rope master and the mother a shibari model who travel nationwide. The elder sister, Hana (Hana Kano), began working as a bound model in her father's rope studio at age 20, eventually beginning a sexual relationship with him—crossing the forbidden line of incest. Her younger sister, Aya (Aya Shiomi), ten years her junior, accidentally witnesses her father and sister engaged in SM at the age of ten. While she admires her sister, who grows beautiful under her father's affection, Aya also begins walking a dark, protective path of her own. Their mother discovers the affair between father and daughter, suffers severe depression from the shock, and ultimately commits suicide. The father then disappears. Left with the family inheritance, Hana stays behind to preserve the old family home and raise Aya, but the sisters gradually grow apart, choosing opposite paths in life. This unconventional tale portrays a family possessed by rope, and the madness between sisters.
The theatrical version runs 124 minutes, while the full AV version extends to 214 minutes—adding 90 minutes of intense SM and erotic scenes unseen in theaters. Released as pervert Tohjiro's director's cut, this work fuses a serious SM drama with hardcore, no-holds-barred eroticism. Packed with elements like shibari, SM, incest, sisterly lesbian SM, fisting, cuckolding, and extreme perversions, "Shura" is depicted with overwhelming artistic power—making it a masterpiece worthy of permanent collection.